Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nascimento : 1804-07-04, Salem, Massachusetts, USA
Morte : 1864-05-19
História
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864) was an American novelist, dark romantic, and short story writer. His four major romances were written between 1850 and 1860: The Scarlet Letter (1850), The House of the Seven Gables (1851), The Blithedale Romance (1852) and The Marble Faun (1860). Another novel-length romance, Fanshawe, was published anonymously in 1828.
Much of Hawthorne's writing centers on New England, many works featuring moral metaphors with an anti-Puritan inspiration. His fiction works are considered part of the Romantic movement and, more specifically, dark romanticism. His themes often center on the inherent evil and sin of humanity, and his works often have moral messages and deep psychological complexity. His published works include novels, short stories, and a biography of his college friend Franklin Pierce, the 14th President of the United States.
Novel
Em 1666 em Massachussetts, Bay Colony, uma bela mulher (Demi Moore) casada com um médico (Robert Duvall) chega na localidade na frente do marido, com a incumbência de providenciar um lar para o casal. Mas ela fica apaixonada por um reverendo (Gary Oldman), que tem por ela os mesmos sentimentos. No entanto, eles reprimem tais emoções pelo fato dela ser casada, mas quando ela supõe que seu marido foi morto pelos índios ela se sente livre e acaba ficando grávida do reverendo. Mas, como apesar de ficar presa e socialmente marginalizada ela se recusa a dizer o nome do pai da criança, passa então a portar um "A" de adúltera bordado em cores vermelhas em suas roupas, como símbolo de sua vergonha perante a sociedade local.
Story
Based of Nathaniel Hawthorn's short story of the same name. Newly married husband leaves for the night only to discover his wife maybe a witch.
Author
Novel
Na pequena cidade de Salem, no século XVII, Hester Prynne acaba de ter um bebê. A criança é fruto de um relacionamento fora de seu casamento. Castigada pelas autoridades locais, Hester é obrigada a usar, costurada em suas vestes, a letra A em tom escarlate para que todos vejam a sua vergonha.
Story
Dr. Heidegger invites four of his respected friends to try out the elixir of youth.
Story
O filme reúne três contos de Nathaniel Hawthornes: A Experiência do Dr. Heidigger: Alex Medbourne e Carl Heidigger são amigos e, após uma tempestade, encontram o corpo inalterado da ex-noiva de Carl morta há 38 anos. Eles suspeitam que um líquido misterioso fosse o responsável pela conservação do corpo. Juntos planejam usar o líquido para ressuscitá-la. A Filha de Rappaccini: Em Pádua, o jovem Giovanni Guasconti se apaixona pela bela Beatrice, a filha de Rappaccini, um eminente cientista. Porém, Giovanni só pode vê-la da varanda da sua casa, pois Beatrice não permite que ele vá até seu jardim. A Casa dos Sete Telhados: Na Nova Inglaterra, em 1691, vários inocentes foram executados, acusados de bruxaria. Os responsáveis foram os membros da família Pyncheon, que assim tomaram as terras dos acusados e aumentaram seu poder.
Writer
A decadência da família Pyncheon é simbolizada no aspecto sombrio de sua mansão, em cujas fundações estão a ganância, a traição e a arrogância. Persistirá o mal, como terrível maldição, enquanto sobreviverem os últimos Pyncheons.
Novel
In the seventeenth century, in Massachusetts, a young woman is forced to wear a scarlet "A" on her dress for bearing a child out of wedlock.
Writer
In Puritan Boston, seamstress Hester Prynne and kindly Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale fall in love. After Dimmesdale must go away for a time to England, he returns to discover that Hester has given birth to their child and is the focus of local censure.
Story
Goody Rickby has a child out of wedlock, but it dies when the father, Gillead Wingate, refuses to acknowledge the child or help the mother get medical aid. Wingate becomes one of the foremost figures in the witch hunts, and Goody plots her revenge with Dr. Nicholas, who is really the Devil.
Writer
The film, a swirling drama of love and death, is loosely adapted from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s 1860 novel The Marble Faun. Princess Maria (Elena Sangro) is married to the Duke of Helgoland (Ugo Bazzini), the leader of an anti-government plot about to be exposed by their house guest Count Giorgio (Carlo Gualandri). Giorgio tries to involve Maria, and in his fatal fight with Helgoland, her husband is killed using the knife that Maria hands to Giorgio. Forced to flee, they meet up again in Rome, where Maria has changed her name to Myriam and Giorgio has become a monk. Giorgio still desires Myriam, who rejects his advances, and she convinces her suitor Donatello (Giorgio Fini) to kill him.
Novel
The film tells the story of a noble but poor woman who arrives at Boston in the 17th century. There she marries an old but quite rich doctor but does not become happy.
Story
Elsie Green cannot decide which of her two suitors to marry. When she reads Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story "Feathertop", she dreams that she is its heroine Polly Goodkin, and this leads to her final decision.
Novel
Poor Hester Prynne finds herself most unwelcome in England.
Novel
"The Scarlet Letter" is a story of early Puritan days in New England. Hester, a beautiful young Englishwoman, is sent to America by her husband, with a promise that he will follow on the next ship. But he falls to keep his promise and Hester does not hear from him in years. In the meantime she is befriended by a young Puritan minister. Friendship ripens into love and Hester, thinking her husband dead, loves the handsome young clergyman with her whole heart. But when the baby is born the minister, fearing the wrath of the Pilgrim Fathers, denies it and Hester is condemned to wear the Scarlet Letter and to stand in the pillory. And it is only after several years of Hester's shame and ignominy that the little child finally reaches the father's heart. Then comes the great scene. The minister, on a fête day, ascends the pillory, places himself where Hester had been placed, and publicly proclaims his sin.
Novel
A story of Puritan village life. The son of a minister wins a girl away from her devoted fisherman. Orphaned, she is adopted by the minister, and when her child is born refuses to reveal the father's name. She is cast out by the minister and scorned by the people. When her child is dying the fisherman comes back to her with unfaltering love, and the minister's son meets a tragic death at the hands of the Indians.
